what if they used pictures like this? http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvzOT6oGg0EiOK2emj_SyS4rqKRhitFrv0jfTpNvMPhkcCAyc&t=1&usg=__DCJp58DFpEHR1Vr6Sw4eOG4Ir64=

But only to true employees, not to temps and interns.

Sorry, 2 cores only, at least the BTO option on the MBP 17" earlier today says "two cores".

Why? We consumers are better off with increased competition.

Maybe a uniform design like a red jacket with a shining insignia on the left chest and a black top that covers the shoulders and a little down. + black pants. Naturally all made in spandex.

This is good for wind energy. Wind energy has the problem that it sometimes doesnt blow, and other times it blows too much ;-)

I have read it is possible to give pretty accurate wind predictions. This could be used to start servers in locations where it blows too much, and stop servers in locations where it doesnt blow.

hell no, use an entirely different computer for important (financial) stuff. This other computer is then hands off.

Find a netbook that has a turnable camera. Then forcibly remove the turnable camera. The security guard can then see something is missing if compared to the factory default picture.

a single person can have as many as they can and will pay for. Any organisation can sell email boxes. any one can run their own server.

I would deal with those the same way we deal with someone that hacks email hosting today.

I think it changes the dynamics. The idea is to raise the cost of doing spam business.

While a spammer signs up for a gmail account, i dont think they send their spam through gmails servers, that would be detected quickly.

But the real point was to hit the spammers on their return addresses. I dont think spammers want to use a shared address, i think they want their own return address. And if signing up costs money, it raises the cost of spamming a little.

I can see that you did not understood my intention. Probably because it was not clear enough. Sorry about that. What i wanted to do was close all the gratis email accounts and start charging for signup to get an email account.

If it costs money to get an email account we do not need CAPTCHA because the payment is the CAPTCHA. If spammers sign up using their own credit card we know who they are. If they sign up using someone elses credit card it is fraud which is investigated much better.

To make the juristiction even more easy, then you can only sign up for email from local companies, or companies in countries that has similar laws against spamming. If this means that people from some countries can not get a free gmail account, tough luck.

I have no intention of charging for each and every email people send. Only for the account.

The next thing to do is to close the services that needs (CAPTCHA) spam projection. This means no more free email. Get used to paying.

CONCLUSION: Mostly harmless

Value Added Tax already does what you propose, except it only applies to things you buy. Some countries has a VAT of 25%, eg. Denmark, but they do also give free healthcare and education to all their citizens.